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| ssuperflyoldguy |
 May 23 2016, 11:24 PM
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Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair 140 swap in a 914... Have done a bunch of searching on here and have to make some decisions. Big fan of Dr Evil, maybe he'll chime in. I like buses too...
Going Corvair wont be difficult for me, had a dozen of them in High School, my buddy I went to college with still considers a Corvair as a must have car (hmmm, Yenko Stinger or 911?) and I have to say it's been TOUGH looking thru all the Corvair Forums and not going on Craigslist to buy one to build a Yenko tribute... Going to restart my clothing business & double up on the Rogaine. So I started to look into freshening the 2.0 I have but without the bus heads and a set of awesome Type4 heads ($$) - Type4 prices were scaring me, 6 cyl Porsche $ scares me. So the easiest cheapest way of HP without cutting up a good car is to go Corvair. I have one final Porsche 6 I'm running down so waiting... But: If anyone has a line on any Corvair reverse rotation stuff, parts, complete engines I'd consider helping you get rid of it. Best case scenario is to find one already built up & just freshen it up - I'll be doing the Fuel Injection kit too. 140 heads, reverse cam & distributer gear. Spoken to Starr Cooke - neat guy but started to send me to the "best" money can buy right off. He's prob right though, I should build a really nice engine if I'm going to do it, I'm thinking a Corvair motor is many $ away from taxing the standard 914 gearbox. |
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| TJB/914 |
May 28 2016, 10:22 AM
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Mid-Engn. Group: Members Posts: 4,479 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Plymouth & Petoskey, MI Member No.: 346 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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Corvair powered 356 at a recent outing a few years ago. The old guy was very proud of his work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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ssuperflyoldguy Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair... May 23 2016, 11:24 PM
rick 918-S Not sure you saw this car. Irv is not real active ... May 24 2016, 06:16 AM stugray I have no idea how a fairly rare component could p... May 24 2016, 06:54 AM
JRust
I have no idea how a fairly rare component could ... May 24 2016, 07:46 AM
Mueller
I have no idea how a fairly rare component could ... May 24 2016, 08:41 AM Chris H. Wow, how did I miss that Corvair build? I recogni... May 24 2016, 08:59 AM ssuperflyoldguy Old yes, very familiar w Corvair. Chevy V8 over Su... May 24 2016, 11:31 AM Mueller I'm not anti-Corvair motor, I looked into them... May 24 2016, 11:40 AM tomrev I had around 20 Corvairs back in my youth, and beg... May 24 2016, 12:44 PM r_towle From what I recall, there is a corvair expert and ... May 24 2016, 02:03 PM Rand I get the idea of nostalgia. But if you go to the ... May 24 2016, 02:15 PM NeunEinVier Guy I know has a 200+ HP Subie mill in his. He ha... May 24 2016, 03:47 PM gandalf_025 Wow, So many Haters.
I've owned quite a few C... May 24 2016, 04:54 PM r_towle
Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transax... May 24 2016, 05:07 PM gandalf_025
Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transa... May 24 2016, 05:38 PM r_towle
[quote name='r_towle' post='2349909' date='May 24... May 24 2016, 06:26 PM Mueller
Wow, So many Haters.
I've owned quite a few ... May 24 2016, 05:17 PM r_towle
Wow, So many Haters.
I've owned quite a few... May 24 2016, 05:19 PM ssuperflyoldguy Mueller - you're on! Friends for life... May 24 2016, 07:06 PM JRust
Mueller - you're on! Friends for life... May 24 2016, 09:22 PM Rand
Wow, So many Haters.
Questioning an inefficient ... May 24 2016, 08:55 PM gandalf_025 Dr. Evil built a big bore engine a few years back ... May 24 2016, 05:25 PM Mueller Aircraft guy myself...sorta...A&P license, 1st... May 24 2016, 10:12 PM Dave_Darling If you don't want to run the Corvair engine ba... May 25 2016, 04:08 PM veekry9 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...15842... May 28 2016, 09:08 AM veekry9 I do like the 'Porsche-Vair',many purist w... May 28 2016, 10:49 AM Mueller
I do like the 'Porsche-Vair',many purist ... May 28 2016, 01:29 PM TJB/914 Covair Motor lovers :stir:
FYI: MI has a local ... May 28 2016, 10:56 AM veekry9 Not fair,putting a Porsche engine into an American... May 28 2016, 01:40 PM tomrev I ended up using the 180HP Corvair turbo bits on t... May 28 2016, 05:49 PM ssuperflyoldguy Going to have to come clean here - have a couple e... May 28 2016, 09:40 PM r_towle Dig deeper, I heard of a corvair junkyard and hord... May 28 2016, 10:13 PM tomrev
Dig deeper, I heard of a corvair junkyard and hor... May 29 2016, 05:15 AM ssuperflyoldguy The more I dig, the more 914 projects turn up. Goi... May 29 2016, 01:03 AM veekry9
Cooling of the more performance Corvair boxer s... May 29 2016, 12:57 PM |
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